The forgotten story of India’s brush with presidential rule

Sondeep Shankar/Getty Images Prime minister Indira Gandhi (1917 - 1984) addressing a press conference in New Delhi, on February 25, 1983. (Photo by Sondeep Shankar/Getty Images)Sondeep Shankar/Getty Images

Indira Gandhi addressing a press conference in Delhi in 1983

During the mid-1970s, under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s imposition of the Emergency, India entered a period where civil liberties were suspended and much…

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